Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel reacts to midterms results
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[0:00] I want to check in with Robert Costa.
[0:01] He's been working the phones in the
[0:02] newsroom. You just got off the phone
[0:03] with Pete Aguilera, uh, who's in House
[0:05] leadership. What did he have to say,
[0:07] >> Tony? One of the toughest jobs in
[0:08] Washington, and former Congressman Rahm
[0:10] Emanuel knows this very well, is coring
[0:12] House Democrats. He did it 20 years ago.
[0:14] If Pete Aguular from California wins
[0:16] tonight along with Democrats, he will
[0:18] likely be the majority whip to try to
[0:20] keep them all in line. I read to him
[0:22] lines from our exclusive CBS News
[0:24] interview with President Trump, who says
[0:26] he's going to use executive power if
[0:28] Democrats take over. He said, "Look,
[0:30] voters, in his words, and I'm not going
[0:32] to use the real word, are calling BS on
[0:34] President Trump tonight." And he
[0:36] believes voters across the country are
[0:37] calling out the president. And he says
[0:39] that Democrats are ready to take on the
[0:41] president in the courts should he try to
[0:43] expand his executive power. He said
[0:45] Democrats are not going to back down.
[0:47] They're going to try to work with him on
[0:49] issues like housing, affordability, and
[0:51] gas, but they're ready to fight in the
[0:53] style of Congressman Emanuel and
[0:55] Democrats in the past.
[0:56] >> Yeah, I'd love to know what the
[0:57] congressman has to say about that. Good
[0:59] news for us. He's sitting right here.
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